The Irish Times

Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and Mary J Blige headline Super Bowl halftime as Eminem takes knee

The most bleeped halftime show ever saw hip-hop and rap superstars take centre stage

Mon Feb 14 2022 - 10:35

NFL’s race problems can’t be glossed over with a greatest hits medley

Brave Brian Flores reveals what life is really like for a black coach in the league

Thu Feb 10 2022 - 06:00

Colin in Black and White: Kaepernick’s road to football and discovery of identity

Netflix docudrama that documents the life of former 49er gives little screen time to protest

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 07:10

South Africa’s history made De Kock’s stand against kneeling the wrong choice

The profound damage of the apartheid years continue to complicate the pitch

Fri Oct 29 2021 - 06:00

Netflix: 10 of the best new shows to watch in October

Including Sex, Love and Goop, Colin in Black and White, On My Block and a new series of You

Thu Sept 30 2021 - 06:00

The Kaepernick Effect: a story of the other athletes who kneeled in protest

In his new book, Dave Zirin explores the ripple effect of the NFL quarterback’s protests

Tue Sept 14 2021 - 17:09

Naomi Osaka - the velvet glove warrior who stands for something

Getting real and stepping out has become a corporate image unlike in the past

Sun May 30 2021 - 08:00

Palestine support shows players increasingly inclined to make a stand

Football’s transformation includes players being a more truthful version of themselves

Fri May 21 2021 - 06:00

Corporate America will soon forget it found a conscience

US Politics: both sides are suited by the alleged rift between the GOP and big business

Wed Apr 21 2021 - 16:56

Tampa Bay and Tom Brady turning a blind eye to Antonio Brown’s shameful past

32-year-old has been accused of sexual assault but has been a key part of Bucs’ playoff run

Thu Jan 14 2021 - 06:41

America at Large: Nike must wake up to human rights

The use of Uyghur labour in Chinese factories continues to be a huge cause of concern

Thu Dec 10 2020 - 06:00

WNBA’s Natalie Achonwa: ‘I’m a role model before I’m a basketball player’

The Indiana Fever player is keen to use her platform to highlight racial inequality

Wed Nov 18 2020 - 15:03

US election: The New York enclave that exposes media myths about Trumpism

US president’s support in Suffolk County is largely drawn from suburban middle-class

Tue Oct 20 2020 - 01:00

Bubble bursts as LeBron James leads American sport’s fight for real change

It started when Colin Kaepernick took a knee but this summer has seen an explosion of protest

Sat Oct 10 2020 - 06:00

LeBron James has become this generation’s Muhammad Ali

Athletes with their influence pose an immediate threat and critics want them to fail

Tue Sept 22 2020 - 12:32

Taking a knee has become a PR stunt, says Les Ferdinand

‘Message has been lost. It’s now not dissimilar to a fancy hashtag or nice pin badge’

Mon Sept 21 2020 - 13:52

Fans boo moment of silence as NFL season gets underway

Kansas City Chiefs allowed less than 17,000 fans inside 75,000-seat Arrowhead Stadium

Fri Sept 11 2020 - 09:04

IOC needs to wake up if they consider themselves woke

The banning of all protest at next year’s Olympics is flying in face of the new reality

Fri Sept 11 2020 - 06:00

Lewis Hamilton: I was ‘silenced’ over Colin Kaepernick

World champion told not to support NFL player, six drivers in Austria don’t take a knee

Mon Jul 06 2020 - 09:01

The Irish Times view on sport and politics: of course they can mix

The fantasy that elite sport should stand aloof from ordinary politics has crumbled

Fri Jun 19 2020 - 18:42

Taking the knee is ‘from Game of Thrones’, says Raab of Black Lives Matter

UK foreign secretary says pose in support of movement ‘feels like symbol of subjugation’

Thu Jun 18 2020 - 12:32

McIlroy v McGinley: The days of ‘shut up and dribble’ are gone

Selfishness is required to be the best in sport but BLM movement has changed things

Mon Jun 15 2020 - 06:00

Ken Early: It’s time for all sports to jettison racist fans

Premier League, Nascar and NFL no longer worried about losing 'traditional fanbase'

Mon Jun 15 2020 - 06:00

Trump: I won’t watch NFL or US soccer team if players kneel for anthem

NFL and US Soccer have performed U-turns and said they were wrong over protests

Sun Jun 14 2020 - 18:44

Gina Akpe-Moses: ‘It’s scary to think about bringing a child into this world as a black female’

Irish sprinter has added her voice to the Black Lives Matter movement

Fri Jun 12 2020 - 07:46

US Soccer repeals rule that bans kneeling during national anthem

The rule was adopted after Megan Rapinoe kneeled in support of Colin Kaepernick

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 09:38

49ers’ Hannah Gordon at the forefront of changing face of the NFL

The former sports journalist has seen plenty of changes at one of America’s biggest teams

Thu Jun 11 2020 - 06:00

MLS reiterate support for players kneeling during US anthem

League ‘stands by the ideals of freedom of speech and the right to peaceful protest’

Wed Jun 10 2020 - 08:49

Donald Trump aims tweets at NFL and reopens anthem debate

Commissioner Goodell said league would enourage players to speak out and protest

Mon Jun 08 2020 - 14:22

Joanne O’Riordan: Player power turned WNBA into leading light of the Black Lives Matter protest

League changed its stance and got behind the movement after initially fining clubs and players

Thu Jun 04 2020 - 07:00

Kick It Out urges Premier League players to take a knee

A number of players including Jadon Sancho led protests in the Bundesliga over weekend

Mon Jun 01 2020 - 20:40

Peloton ad has more than one problem

Criticised for being sexist, the US exercise bike ad carries further troubling messages

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 11:20

Colin Kaepernick’s NFL exile set to continue after public workout

Sources tell ESPN that former 49ers quarterback has had no offers from NFL teams

Sun Nov 24 2019 - 17:36

NFL invite Colin Kaepernick to workout for clubs to evaluate him

This weekend could represent his best, and perhaps last, opportunity to play again

Wed Nov 13 2019 - 12:37